MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7676
Motherboard	MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 422 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.9% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 55.5 36% 43.1 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 37 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 287 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1382 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43031917035548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10505 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14737 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8162	45.5% Average	Read 334 Write 188 Mixed 171 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 9.4 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 11.2 12% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387853731 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 141735428126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 183 Mixed 166 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 368GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 773 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 191 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 84 40	59.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 93 Mixed 71.7 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 117GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 488243229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 880 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.2% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 94.4 Mixed 59.6 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%
GB0500C4413 500GB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 80GB free Firmware: HPG3 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 885692555 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 64040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 52 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	29.9% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 52.1 Mixed 51.6 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 52%

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Typical Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676) Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z68MA-G45 (B3) (MS-7676)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	12x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	4x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 46%, 30 samples	2x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	1x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16